Courses in the concentration will be chosen in consultation with an American studies advisor, from a list approved by the program, in such a way that at least three courses help the student achieve a focus within the field. An additional 3 to 6 hours of AMST 493 - Independent Study are recommended for majors in their senior year. All majors and prospective majors should contact the chair of the program.

College Requirements

Arts and Sciences

Prerequisites

Complete:

ENGL 231 - American Literature I: Colonial Era to the Civil War

Select one course:

ENGL 232 - American Literature II: Civil War to the Present
ENGL 233 - Major Black Writers

Concentration Requirements

The concentration in American studies consists of 27 upper-division hours including:

Complete:

AMST 310 - Introduction to American Studies

Select at least two American history courses:

HIST 350 - Colonial America to 1763
HIST 351 - The American Revolution, 1763-1789
HIST 352 - The Early American Republic, 1800-1860
HIST 353 - The Civil War and Reconstruction Eras, 1860-1877
HIST 354 - United States, 1877-1933
HIST 355 - United States, 1933 to the Present
HIST 356 - The 1960s in America
HIST 441 - The American West
HIST 442 - Natives and Newcomers in Early America
HIST 444 - History of the South
HIST 449 - History of Tennessee
HIST 450 - History of United States Foreign Relations
HIST 452 - The American Experience in World War II
HIST 479 - Studies in United States History
(HIST 372 , HIST 482 , HIST 485 when topic is appropriate)

Select two approved courses (from anthropology, economics, political science, or sociology):

ANTH 310 - North American Indians
ANTH 311 - Southeastern Indians
ANTH 322 - Topics in U.S. Ethnography
ANTH 459 - Selected Topics in Anthropology
ANTH 360 - North American Prehistory
ANTH 361 - Historical Archaeology
ANTH 363 - Prehistory of Tennessee
ANTH 465 - Urban Archaeology
ANTH 466 - Archaeology of Southeastern United States
ECON 300 - Special Topics I
ECON 331 - Government and Business
ECON 333 - Law and Economics
ECON 351 - Monetary Economics
ECON 361 - Regional and Urban Economics
ECON 400 - Special Topics II
ECON 435 - Industrial Organization
ECON 472 - Public Finance: Taxation and Fiscal Federalism
ECON 493 - Independent Study
POLS 311 - Contemporary Issues in American Public Policy
POLS 315 - Tennessee Government and Politics
POLS 320 - State Government and Politics
POLS 321 - Urban Politics and Process
POLS 330 - Law in American Society
POLS 341 - Judicial Process and Policymaking
POLS 366 - United States Foreign Policy Process
POLS 374 - American Political Thought
POLS 410 - Special Topics in Political Science
POLS 411 - Presidency
POLS 412 - Congress
POLS 421 - Political Parties and Interest Groups
POLS 425 - Media and Politics
POLS 430 - United States Constitutional Law: Sources of Power and Restraint
POLS 431 - United States Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties
POLS 493 - Independent Study
POLS 494 - Internship
POLS 499 - Service Learning in Political Science
SOCI 310 - American Society
SOCI 340 - Class Structure
SOCI 343 - Race and Ethnicity
SOCI 400 - Special Topics
SOCI 452 - Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice
SOCI 453 - Gender and Crime
SOCI 455 - Society and Law

Select one course (American ethnic minority cultures):

AFST 310 - Introduction to African-American Music
AFST 331 - Race and Ethnicity in American Literature
AFST 333 - Black American Literature and Aesthetics
AFST 343 - Race and Ethnicity
AFST 352 - African-American Religion in the United States
AFST 353 - Topics in African-American Religion
AFST 376 - The African-American Experience from the Colonial Period to the Civil War
AFST 380 - The African-American Experience from the Civil War to the Present
AFST 421 - Comparative Studies in African and African-American Societies
AFST 429 - History and Philosophy of African-American Education
AFST 443 - Topics in Black Literature
AFST 470 - African-American Art
AFST 473 - Black Male in American Society
AFST 480 - African-American Communities in Urban America
AFST 484 - African-American Women in American Society
ANTH 310 - North American Indians
ANTH 311 - Southeastern Indians
HIST 442 - Natives and Newcomers in Early America
SOCI 452 - Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice

Select three courses:

AFST 310 - Introduction to African-American Music
AFST 331 - Race and Ethnicity in American Literature
AFST 333 - Black American Literature and Aesthetics
AFST 343 - Race and Ethnicity
AFST 352 - African-American Religion in the United States
AFST 353 - Topics in African-American Religion
AFST 376 - The African-American Experience from the Colonial Period to the Civil War
AFST 380 - The African-American Experience from the Civil War to the Present
AFST 421 - Comparative Studies in African and African-American Societies
AFST 429 - History and Philosophy of African-American Education
AFST 443 - Topics in Black Literature
AFST 450 - Issues and Topics in African-American Studies
AFST 470 - African-American Art
AFST 473 - Black Male in American Society
AFST 480 - African-American Communities in Urban America
AFST 484 - African-American Women in American Society
AFST 493 - Independent Study
AMST 310 - Introduction to American Studies
AMST 312 - Popular Culture and American Politics
AMST 320 - American Cultures
AMST 334 - Film and American Culture
AMST 343 - Race and Ethnicity
AMST 345 - Social Movements
AMST 355 - Topics in North American Religion
AMST 356 - The 1960s in America
AMST 381 - Introduction to Folklore
AMST 410 - Topics in American Culture
AMST 420 - Political Attitudes and Behavior
AMST 423 - Geography of American Popular Culture
AMST 442 - American Humor
AMST 450 - Seminar in American Studies
AMST 469 - Freedom of Speech
AMST 491 - Foreign Study
AMST 492 - Off-Campus Study
AMST 493 - Independent Study
ANTH 310 - North American Indians
ANTH 311 - Southeastern Indians
ANTH 322 - Topics in U.S. Ethnography
ANTH 360 - North American Prehistory
ANTH 361 - Historical Archaeology
ANTH 363 - Prehistory of Tennessee
ANTH 459 - Selected Topics in Anthropology
ANTH 465 - Urban Archaeology
ANTH 466 - Archaeology of Southeastern United States
AHIS 470 - African-American Art
AHIS 472 - History of 20th-Century American Art
AHIS 473 - 19th-Century American Art
CNST 400 - Special Topics
CNST 489 - Special Topics in Film
CMST 450 - Propaganda
CMST 455 - Political Persuasion
CMST 466 - Rhetoric of the Women’s Rights Movement to 1930
CMST 476 - Rhetoric of the Contemporary Feminist Movement
CMST 493 - Independent Study
ECON 300 - Special Topics I
ECON 331 - Government and Business
ECON 333 - Law and Economics
ECON 351 - Monetary Economics
ECON 361 - Regional and Urban Economics
ECON 400 - Special Topics II
ECON 435 - Industrial Organization
ECON 472 - Public Finance: Taxation and Fiscal Federalism
ECON 493 - Independent Study
ENGL 331 - Race and Ethnicity in American Literature
ENGL 332 - Women in American Literature
ENGL 333 - Black American Literature and Aesthetics
ENGL 431 - Early American Literature
ENGL 432 - American Romanticism and Transcendentalism
ENGL 433 - American Realism and Naturalism
ENGL 434 - Modern American Literature
ENGL 435 - American Novel before 1900
ENGL 436 - Modern American Novel
ENGL 441 - Southern Literature
ENGL 442 - American Humor
ENGL 443 - Topics in Black Literature
ENGL 451 - Modern British and American Poetry
ENGL 472 - American English
ENGL 482 - Major Authors
ENGL 483 - Special Topics in Literature
ENGL 489 - Special Topics in Film
ENGL 490 - Language and Law
ENGL 493 - Independent Study
GEOG 309 - Special Topics
GEOG 361 - Regional Geography of the United States and Canada
GEOG 363 - Geography of the American South
GEOG 365 - Geography of Appalachia
GEOG 366 - Geography of Tennessee
GEOG 441 - Urban Geography of the United States
GEOG 442 - Urban Social Geography
GEOG 443 - Rural Geography of the United States
GEOG 493 - Independent Study
GEOG 495 - Special Topics in Geography
HIST 325 - Women in American History
HIST 349 - United States Military History, 1754 to the Present
HIST 350 - Colonial America to 1763
HIST 351 - The American Revolution, 1763-1789
HIST 352 - The Early American Republic, 1800-1860
HIST 353 - The Civil War and Reconstruction Eras, 1860-1877
HIST 354 - United States, 1877-1933
HIST 355 - United States, 1933 to the Present
HIST 373 - Historical Issues
HIST 379 - The African-American Experience from the Colonial Period to the Civil War
HIST 380 - The African-American Experience from the Civil War to the Present
HIST 441 - The American West
HIST 442 - Natives and Newcomers in Early America
HIST 444 - History of the South
HIST 449 - History of Tennessee
HIST 450 - History of United States Foreign Relations
HIST 452 - The American Experience in World War II
HIST 479 - Studies in United States History
HIST 490 - Internship in the Center for the Study of War and Society
HIST 493 - Independent Study
INPG 400 - Selected Interdisciplinary Topics
INPG 493 - Independent Study
JREM 367 - Mass Communication History
JREM 430 - Public Affairs Reporting
JREM 457 - Media and Society
JREM 465 - Media and Diversity
JREM 493 - Independent Study
JREM 494 - Special Topics
LING 472 - American English
LING 485 - Special Topics in Language
LING 490 - Language and Law
LING 493 - Independent Study
MLSL 430 - U.S. Military History, 1754 to the present
POLS 311 - Contemporary Issues in American Public Policy
POLS 315 - Tennessee Government and Politics
POLS 320 - State Government and Politics
POLS 321 - Urban Politics and Process
POLS 330 - Law in American Society
POLS 341 - Judicial Process and Policymaking
POLS 366 - United States Foreign Policy Process
POLS 374 - American Political Thought
POLS 410 - Special Topics in Political Science
POLS 411 - Presidency
POLS 412 - Congress
POLS 421 - Political Parties and Interest Groups
POLS 425 - Media and Politics
POLS 430 - United States Constitutional Law: Sources of Power and Restraint
POLS 431 - United States Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties
POLS 493 - Independent Study
POLS 494 - Internship
POLS 499 - Service Learning in Political Science
REST 351 - Religion in the United States
REST 352 - African-American Religion in United States
REST 353 - Topics in African-American Religion
REST 355 - Topics in North American Religion
REST 430 - Seminar in North American Religions
REST 490 - Readings and Research in Religious Studies
REST 493 - Independent Study
RUSO 380 - Rural Sociology
SOCI 310 - American Society
SOCI 340 - Class Structure
SOCI 343 - Race and Ethnicity
SOCI 400 - Special Topics
SOCI 452 - Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice
SOCI 453 - Gender and Crime
SOCI 455 - Society and Law
SPST 335 - Socio-Cultural Foundations of Sport and Leisure
WOST 310 - Emergence of the Modern American Woman
WOST 332 - Women in American Literature
WOST 340 - Women, Politics, and the Law
WOST 400 - Topics in Women’s Studies
WOST 454 - Gender and Crime
WOST 465 - Media and Diversity
WOST 466 - Rhetoric of the Woman’s Rights Movement to 1930
WOST 476 - Rhetoric of the Contemporary Feminist Movement
WOST 484 - African-American Women in American Society
WOST 493 - Independent Study

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